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Recordings

Combining Vivaldi's timeless Four Seasons with Piazzolla's tango-inspired The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, this is a unique album from one of Scotland's most dynamic and versatile groups, the Scottish Ensemble, performing under dynamic Artistic D ...» More

With its vivid poetry and technical ingenuity, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons was ground breaking at the time of its release and to this day remains as influential and transfixing as ever. In this recording, violinist Kati Debretzeni directs the Orchestra ...» More

to tread on ice, with slow steps,
moving cautiously in fear of falling;
to go fast, slip, and fall to the ground,
to hasten onwards across the ice and run fast
until the ice cracks and breaks open;
to hear, as they go through the iron-clad gates,
Sirocco, Boreas, and all the winds at war.
This is winter, but of a kind that brings delight.

to walk on ice, and with slow steps
move cautiously for fear of falling;
to go fast, slip, fall to the ground;
and again go on the ice, running fast,
and take to the ice again, running fast/till the ice cracks
to hear, coming through the iron gates,
Sirroco, Boreas, and all the winds at war.
'Tis Winter, but lo, what joy it brings!